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Collection of the private acts of the General Assembly of the state of North Carolina: from the year 1715, to the year 1790, inclusive, now in force and use

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T>pon tier arrival to the age of eighteen y«ars, or Jay of marriage, or oiber.wlfe appropriate the monies aflfi'ngj^,
the fale of the aforel'aid plantation or tract of land at the fork of Queen Anne'i.creek, and lot aforefaid, by purch^(m> .
young female flaves for the ulejof the faid Anna ; then the aforelaid eitate of the laid Anna, of, in, and to the afore*
mentioned plantation or tract of land in Ferqulmons precinct, to be invalid, and of no force or etfkL
Chap. LXV. An aft confirming the titles offundry perfons v. ho have, or hereafter may, furchafe lands of Cc/.Thc<
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mas Cary, in Bath county* , „
I, CT 7HEREAS Col. Thomas Cary taking up and purchaiing divers lands and plantations in Bath county, th
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VV deeds or patents parted for the fame have been taken in the name of John Cary, an infant, ion of the fai \
Thomas, although the purchafe money, or confideration paid for the fame, was actually and benafide the monies <
the fold Thomas, and by. him, the faid Thomas, paid : and whereas the faid Thomas Cary having bargained, lol I
aliened, and transferred unto divers perfons, and their heirs, feveral trafts or parcels e>f land, in Bath county a
fdfefaid, and is intended to bargain, fell, and transfer the remaining part of the aforefaid lands in Bath county:
wherefore, for avoiding difputes that may hereafter arife concerning the aforefaid title, taken in the aforefaid John
Cary's name, and for eaiing and quieting the minds of filch perfons as have purchafed the fame, or may hereafter
purchafe from the faid Thomas Cary, and purfuant to the petition of the laid Thomas Cary.
II. Be it exaftedby his Excellency the Palatine, and the reft ofthe true and abfblute Lord Proprietors ofthe Province
of Carolina, by andioith the advice and[c»nfer.t of the rtf} tffhe members of.tiff General Alftmbly, wjj met at Utile River,
for r/« North JE'alt part of the faid province, and it is hereby endtied, by the authority ofthefame, that all and fmgul.ir ,
the bargains, fales, alienations, and conveyances, already m^de and parted, or hereafter to be made and pafled, by ,
the faid Thomas Cary, unto any perfon or ps/fons whatfoever, their heirs and ttffigns, of, in, and to any of the
larkls, tenements, and plantations, in Bath county, which lately were, or how are, in the pcjieflioii oroccupation
of the faid Thomas Cary, and for which deeds or conveyances have been made and paffed to and for the' ufe of thej
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faid John Cary, an infanr, fon of the faid Thomas Cary, or in the nams pf the faid John, (hall (land, be, and for evefj
remain, < 'firm and available; in law and equity, to fuch purchafer or purelwfers, their heirs andaffigns, having, or
hereafter to have, from the faid Thomas Cary, any bargains, fales, alienations, or conveyances for the fame ; .and
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a.iv Inch deeds of fale, conveyance, or alienation formerly made in the {'aid J.oh.n Cary't name, or to or for his vfi
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anil behoof, notwithstanding.
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•VI George I. From the 2d. to m a decree made in the Court of Chancery ofthis province, upon a Mill ofcomplaint eXhfyiX
ted Ay 'William Duckenfield, Efq.
$, V7 7HEREAS at t court of chancery, held the eleventh day of May, one thoufand feven hundred and tliirl
, V V teen, upon the complaint of Wittiam Duckenfield, Elcj ; a decree was pafled in thefe words, viz. !i
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NoKTH-CaUOLINA, fl*.
£t a Court of Chancery held at jhe houfe of Capt. Thomas Lee, in Chowan Precittcl, on Monday, May the 1 1 thf Anr.t
Domini 171 j. PRESENT,'
The Honourable Thomas Pollock, Efq. President,
C Thomas Boyd, , *\ r j o •..'•
V. irii- of / .Lords Proprietor*
The Honourable < r,
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• • 1 Chr. Gale, t *
t-» .• / o-i- v 1, \ Deputies. r Tobias Kmght, J l
' Upon read'ui* the bill of complaint of iniliam DucfyenfieUt, of the precinct of Choysan, Efq. this -day, therein'
' letting forth» that he, the izid H'rilLm Duckenfield, about fixteen year* laftpaft, was, and yet is, lawfully feiz»d,
* in his demelne, as of fee, of ar.d in one lar^e .'tract or parcel of land, in the precir,£taforefaid, containing' hy telH'-
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' mation four thoularkl acres, bounding on Albehihrle Toiind eafhvard and on Salmon creek v. ie ftward, ''and t>efiij£''"
' thereof fo feized, one John Ardernc, Efq. coming into tfiis, government, and being fonie-thiug related'to hifti itfe! P*
,' faitl Dm kenfie-lJ, hy internjarriage, and the faid John Ardtrne being in low ci return ft antes, and not in poflefliou of
' any viflble-eftate, he. the faid Duckenfield, the better to give cre,d.it and reputation 10 him the laid /frderne, and to
' p;4t him in pofielliuii if a -vilible eftatej thereby to advance himfeif, upon tfpecial tnift ai.d coi fidence which he
« lh< n repofed fecretly in the laid Arderne, by his.deed, fufticient in tlis law, hearing ,date the thirty firft day of /«»
» ly Anno ~>omini 1702, did grant, bargain,' and fell, unto the faiay^r ".Inl
i fended lyuepa.d, nor indeed could the faid Ardernc pretend to pay thefcflie ) but KM Uu4 w.i\i Via^ pulivti fu ri«.